Variation over

Item

As on Apr. 28, 2006

Week

End-March2006

End-December 2005

Year

Rs.Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs.Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs.Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs.Crore

US$ Mn.

Rs.Crore

US$ Mn.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total Reserves

7,22,563

1,60,677

13,746

3,415

46,176

9,055

1,04,180

23,471

1,03,134

18,779

(a) Foreign Currency Assets

6,90,730

1,53,598

11,055

2,861*

43,403

8,490

1,00,233

22,580

97,307

17,648

(b) Gold

28,335

6,301

2,661

546

2,661

546

4,565

1,027

8,649

1,801

(c) SDRs

25

6

—

—

13

3

5

1

5

1

(d) Reserve Position in the IMF**

3,473

772

30

8

99

16

–623

–137

–2,827

–671

*: Foreign currency assets expressed in US dollar terms include the effect of appreciation/depreciation
of non-US currencies (such as Euro, Sterling, Yen) held in reserves. For details, please refer to the
Current Statistics section of the RBI Bulletin.
**: Reserve Position in the International Monetary Fund (IMF),i.e., Reserve Tranche Position (RTP)
which was shown as a memo item from May 23, 2003 to March 26, 2004 has been included in the
reserves from the week ended April 2, 2004 in keeping with the international best practice.